TEST FUCK

Question 1

What is Site?

Answer 1

The ground or area upon which a building, town, etc.,

brute matter?

human need or desire

(has been built, or which is set apart for some purpose. Also, in mod. use, a plot, or number of plots, of land intended or suitable for building purposes, and, in wider use , a piece of ground or an area which has been appropriated for some purpose; the scene of a specified activity.)

Question 2

What is Brute Matter?

Answer 2

Refers to raw, unprocessed materials such as soil, air, stone, wood, sunshine that are used to craft architecture and its siting.

Question 3

Human Need & Desire is what

Answer 3

(They guide architects and interior architects in-)

creating spaces that are not only functional & practical
but also enriching and uplifting for the people who inhabit
them.

Architects can create buildings and spaces
that enhance the quality and well-being of
society as a whole.

Question 4

What is Cultural Process

Answer 4

relationship between architecture and site (Physical, psychological, and spiritual)

Culture, in this context, refers to the shared beliefs, values, traditions, and customs of a society or community

Question 5

Ground = ?
Purpose = ?
Appropriated= ?

Answer 5

Ground = brute matter of nature
Purpose = human desire, need, intention
Appropriated= cultural process of taking or claiming
something as one’s own

Question 6

Ground =

Answer 6

brute matter of nature

Question 7

Purpose =

Answer 7

human desire, need, intention

Question 8

Appropriated=

Answer 8

cultural process of taking or claiming
something as one’s own

Question 9

What type of architecture is intangible?

Answer 9

Culture is beyond the physical.

Question 10

What can a cultural site do?

Answer 10

The site can imbue a building with a sense of
rootedness, belonging, and cultural significance

, enriching the architectural experience for users and reinforcing a
sense of community and identity.

Question 11

IGNORE: Louis Kahn

Answer 11

In summary: Khan desired to create buildings that not only stood as architectural masterpieces but also as timeless expressions of their place in the world.

(using the land the building is in a.k.a it’s feeling/spirit in location.)

Question 12

WHat do I need to study?

Answer 12

• Architectural projection
  -Typography and stuff
  -the lines on the typographic map
  -The long definition of site (Ground purpose and appropriated)
  -the type of land form and it’s image (labeling those)
  -easement?
  -shadows (1 question) “why is the shadow longer in the wintertime?”
  -Removing soil from the site (removing from the
  -disiguous trees, why are they on the southern side of buildings.

Question 13

A site has what?

Answer 13

topography
sun
wind
plants
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Question 14

What is Topography?

Answer 14

The “lay of the land”, terrain, landform

They measure change in elevation (height) at equal increments.

Question 15

What do contours represent?

Answer 15

Topography

contours are concerned with surface.

Question 16

Topography Lines

Answer 16

The horizontal line= The consistent Level line
The SPOT at the end of the 90* vertical line= Spot elevation
The wiggly line= Elevation
Curve under spot= Inconsistant CURVE of terrain

(what contour lines are)
39-48

Question 17

*Explain the relationship between contour lines and spot elevations.

Answer 17

Spot elevations are translated
into contours by the process of
interpolation.

Question 18

Study page 62

Question 19

Easements are what?

Answer 19

The right to use a portion of a property for construction purposes, either temporarily or permanently.